Cnet lady has a grudge against Apple's one button mouse...[funny]

wolfeye155 · May 15, 2002 5:56PM

<a href="http://computers.cnet.com/giftguide/0-8854208-8-9519073-1.html?tag=belt"; target="_blank">link</a> it might be just me, but this lady seems very "passionate" about Apple's one button mouse. <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> It looks like she's a little aggressive with the keyboard to...hehe

mac guru · May 16, 2002 12:54PM

LOL <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />

"a lot of people don't like it because it's kind of hard to press *WHAM* *WHAM* *WHAM* *WHAM* *WHAM*" Damn lady! it's kind of hard to click ANYTHING when you use a mouse like that!

<img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />

Mac Guru

there is no g5 · May 16, 2002 1:48PM

Ouch! <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />

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gobble gobble · May 16, 2002 2:22PM

Apple doesn't seem to get it when it comes to designing a decent mouse. At least the current iMac mouse isn't as bad as the previous hockey puck mouse. Would a couple of programmable buttons and scroll wheel be so bad though?

pusherman · May 16, 2002 3:02PM

[quote]Originally posted by gobble gobble:

<strong>Apple doesn't seem to get it when it comes to designing a decent mouse. At least the current iMac mouse isn't as bad as the previous hockey puck mouse. Would a couple of programmable buttons and scroll wheel be so bad though?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Not so bad...just totally unnecessary. What about people who really do want just a simple one-button mouse? This argument is so tired.

Maybe the cnet lady hasn't been acquainted with the tension ring on the bottom of the mouse?

buonrotto · May 16, 2002 3:25PM

Just to take the fun out of this, the mouse that came iwth my new iMac if anything is a little too easy to click. I do it accidentally all the time it seems.

digix · May 17, 2002 8:31AM

Yes. There are some people who want just ONE mouse button.

While there does some need for a multi features mouse. Making a multiple feature mouse is easy, but to design it as intuitive as a one button mouse is hard.

Though Apple seems does inted to design a multi features mouse. In one of the rumors that I once readed in an old Appleinsider article, before the first release of the Apple Pro Mouse, Apple once tinker around with a squeezeable feature on the mouse that will act as a second mouse click. This alone would made it more intuitive than a mere two buttons mouse.

ziploc · May 17, 2002 8:52AM

[quote]Originally posted by BuonRotto:

<strong>Just to take the fun out of this, the mouse that came iwth my new iMac if anything is a little too easy to click. I do it accidentally all the time it seems.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Check out Poor Taylor's suggestion above. Damn if I didn't know about this either. That's what I get for not reading the manual I guess.

Thanks, PT

cdhostage · May 17, 2002 11:16AM

bradbower · May 17, 2002 11:28AM

That review is stupid. The gaming isn't THAT bad, and I know tons of geeks and graphics pros that enjoy iMacs.

dstranathan · May 17, 2002 5:48PM

"...you can upgrade the network card"

WTF?

eugene · May 17, 2002 5:50PM

She meant the AirPort card, which is a NIC, so she isn't necessarily wrong.

giant · May 17, 2002 6:23PM

A graphic designer I know, who is not much of a computer geek but an amazing designer and has the job to prove it, didn't realize you could change the tension on the mouse. She used to hate using the mouse on her home machine because it was too tough to push. Eventually she found out.

Cnet lady has a grudge against Apple's one button mouse...[funny]

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